TupacThe Way He Wanted It Volume 2

With dollar signs in their eyes and spotty recordings in hand, an obscure record label shakes loose a few more songs from Tupacs corpse. Decay does these songs wrong, and yet apparently this is the way Makaveli himself would have wanted it. Listen as producer Sho-Down butchers "Sucka 4 Luv, which was originally the J Dilla-produced/adapted "Do for Love off R U Still Down. The latter features an over-synthesised beat (probably lifted from a pre-programmed Casio keyboard) and an impotent vocal contribution by Kyle Rifkin. Also, hearing Pac beef about Biggie almost a decade since they both past is passé, except on "Fuckem All, a diss track with a lurching beat and lyrics almost as viscous as "Hit Em Up. Redman, whose latest work might sound better if he was dead, adds a sloppy verse to "Throw Ya Gunz Up. Not every song is hopeless  "Gotta Get Mine is okay but dont go near "Untouchable. Three-quarters of the way in, this realisation: sketchy production and too many sub-par guests only serve to make the legend of Pac that much more vibrant, but the world would do well without this release.
(Raw Canvas)